Mott MacDonald appointed on £80 million wind farm in Scotland

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by GreenPower (Carraig Gheal)
Limited as technical advisor and engineer under a International
Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) contract for the design
and construction of an £80 million wind farm. The 46MW project will
be located in Argyll in Scotland.

The Carraig Gheal wind farm is being developed to increase the
amount of power generated in the west of the country. It will
consist of 20 Siemens SWT -2.3 variable wind speed generators, each
with a 2.3MW capacity. The project also includes 30km of strategic
haul route for the Forestry Commission.

As FIDIC engineer, Mott MacDonald will review the contractor’s
civil designs which cover foundations, masts, roads and the control
building.

Mott MacDonald’s project director Ian Baird, said: “Wind turbines
are the fastest growing of the renewable energy technologies in
Scotland and this project will significantly help increase the
amount of renewable energy generated in the region.”

“Mott MacDonald has engineered over 100GW of power plants around
the world, going back to our first major projects in the late
1890s.”